EMERGENCY RULES
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Date of Adoption: June 16, 1999.
Purpose: The running start program rules at chapter 392-169 WAC are amended in order to make it clear that: (1) Running start students may not be charged tuition until a student's enrollment exceeds eighteen credit hours for a quarter or semester and (2) the fifteen hour definition of "full-time equivalent enrollment" only applies to the allocation of state funding.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 392-169-025, 392-169-030, 392-169-055, 392-169-057, and 392-169-060.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.600.390.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: Emergency rule adoption is necessary to facilitate the current running start enrollment process throughout the state by precluding the assessment of tuition for the 16th, 17th and 18th credit hours of enrollment, and eliminating uncertainty respecting tuition assessment practices.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 5, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 5, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.
June 16, 1999
Dr. Terry Bergeson
Superintendent of
Public Instruction
OTS-3205.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 95-02, filed 4/14/95, effective 5/15/95)
WAC 392-169-025
Full-time equivalent (FTE) running start enrollment--Definition.
For the purposes of generating state running start basic education moneys under this chapter and
chapter 392-121 WAC, "full-time equivalent (FTE) running start enrollment" (i.e., college or
university enrollment) means the FTE of running start students on an enrollment count date when
each student's FTE is determined subject to the limitations of WAC 392-169-022((,
392-169-055)) and 392-169-115 as follows:
(1) For college or university courses denominated in quarter credits, the quotient of an eligible student's quarter credits of running start enrollment divided by fifteen.
(2) For college or university courses denominated in semester credits, the quotient of an eligible student's semester credits of running start enrollment divided by fifteen.
(3) For college or university courses not denominated in quarter or semester credits, the quotient of an eligible student's average hours of running start enrollment per week divided by twenty-five. Hours of enrollment shall be determined pursuant to WAC 392-121-106 through 392-121-183.
(4) The sum of the results of running start enrollment under subsections (1), (2) and (3) of this section shall not exceed 1.00 FTE per student on any count day or in any school year.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.300.390, 28A.150.260 and 28A.150.290. 95-09-042 (Order 95-02), § 392-169-025, filed 4/14/95, effective 5/15/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.600.390, 28A.150.260 and [28A.150.]290. 94-04-095 (Order 94-01), § 392-169-025, filed 2/1/94, effective 3/4/94.]
For purposes of generating state running start basic education moneys under this chapter and chapter 392-121 WAC, "annual average full-time equivalent (AAFTE) running start enrollment" means the sum of the AAFTE of all running start students for a school year when each running start student's AAFTE equals the sum of the student's running start FTE enrollment on the nine running start count dates divided by nine.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.600.390, 28A.150.260 and [28A.150.]290. 94-04-095 (Order 94-01), § 392-169-030, filed 2/1/94, effective 3/4/94.]
((Running start program enrollment under this chapter is limited as follows (and as
may be further limited for academic reasons under WAC 392-169-057):)) This section
establishes the time periods and the maximum hours an eligible student is entitled to enroll
tuition free in the running start program:
(1) An eligible student who enrolls in grade eleven may enroll tuition free in an
institution of higher education while in the eleventh grade for ((no more than the course work
equivalent to one academic year of enrollment as an annual average full-time equivalent running
start student (i.e., three college or university quarters as a full-time equivalent college or
university student, or two semesters as a full-time equivalent college or university student or nine
months as a full-time equivalent technical college student))):
(a) Up to eighteen credit hours per quarter as a college or university student during the fall, winter, and spring quarters; or
(b) Up to eighteen credit hours per semester as a college or university student during the fall and spring semesters; or
(c) Up to thirty hours per week as a technical college student during the fall, winter, and spring quarters; or
(d) Any combination of (a), (b), and (c) of this subsection, for course work equivalent to one academic year of enrollment (e.g., two college or university quarters for eighteen credit hours per quarter, plus one technical college quarter for thirty hours per week).
(2) An eligible student who enrolls in grade twelve may enroll tuition free in an
institution of higher education while in the twelfth grade for ((no more than the course work
equivalent to one academic year of enrollment as an annual average full-time equivalent running
start student (i.e., three college or university quarters as a full-time equivalent community college
or university student, or two semesters as a full-time equivalent college or university student and
nine months as a full-time technical college student))):
(a) Up to eighteen credit hours per quarter as a college or university student during the fall, winter, and spring quarters; or
(b) Up to eighteen credit hours per semester as a college or university student during the fall and spring semesters; or
(c) Up to thirty hours per week as a technical college student during the fall, winter, and spring quarters; or
(d) Any combination of (a), (b), and (c) of this subsection, for course work equivalent to one academic year of enrollment (e.g., two college or university quarters for eighteen credit hours per quarter, plus one technical college quarter for thirty hours per week).
(3) Enrollment in an institution of higher education is limited to the fall, winter and spring quarters, and the fall and spring semesters.
(4) As a general rule a student's eligibility for running start program enrollment terminates at the end of the student's twelfth grade regular academic year, notwithstanding the student's failure to have enrolled in an institution of higher education to the full extent permitted by subsections (1) and (2) of this section: Provided, That a student who has failed to meet high school graduation requirements as of the end of the student's twelfth grade regular academic year (September-June) due to the student's absence, the student's failure of one or more courses, or another similar reason may continue running start program enrollment for the sole and exclusive purpose of completing the particular course or courses required to meet high school graduation requirements, subject to the enrollment limitation established by subsection (2) of this section.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.300.390, 28A.150.260 and 28A.150.290. 95-09-042 (Order 95-02), § 392-169-055, filed 4/14/95, effective 5/15/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.600.390, 28A.150.260 and [28A.150.]290. 94-04-095 (Order 94-01), § 392-169-055, filed 2/1/94, effective 3/4/94.]
Concurrent or combined regular high school program and running start program enrollment by a student may exceed the equivalent of full-time enrollment as follows:
(1) An eligible student's concurrent enrollment in both the regular high school program, and in running start or an institution of higher education under this chapter, may exceed the equivalent of full-time enrollment: Provided, That a designated school district representative and a designated college or university representative may jointly limit a student's concurrent high school and institution of higher education enrollment, but not to less than the equivalent of full-time enrollment, for bona fide academic reasons based upon a joint evaluation of the student's capabilities and the total course work the student seeks to enroll in.
(2) For purposes of limiting a student's combined regular high school and running start
program enrollment for bona fide academic reasons under subsection (1) of this section thirty
hours per week shall constitute full-time high school or technical college enrollment, and
((fifteen)) eighteen quarter credit hours or ((fifteen)) eighteen semester credit hours shall
constitute full-time college or university enrollment. ((Thus, for example, a student enrolled in
the regular high school program for ten hours per week (one-third FTE) and in a college for ten
quarter credit hours (two-thirds FTE) is enrolled the equivalent of full-time.))
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.300.390, 28A.150.260 and 28A.150.290. 95-09-042 (Order 95-02), § 392-169-057, filed 4/14/95, effective 5/15/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.600.390, 28A.150.260 and [28A.150.]290. 94-04-095 (Order 94-01), § 392-169-057, filed 2/1/94, effective 3/4/94.]
A running start
student shall not be required by an institution of higher education to pay any tuition or other fee
as a condition to the student's full participation in running start college or university course work
and related activities, or as a condition to the award of credit therefor: Provided, That requiring a
running start student to provide and pay for consumable supplies, textbooks, and other materials
to be retained by the student does not constitute the assessment of tuition or a fee for purposes of
this section: Provided further, That this limitation on the assessment of tuition and fees does not
apply to a student's enrollment above and beyond ((running start program enrollment limitations
under this chapter (i.e., college and university enrollment in excess of one FTE and college and
university summer enrollment may be conditioned upon the payment of regular tuition and
fees))) the maximum hours a student is entitled to enroll tuition free under WAC 392-169-055.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.300.390, 28A.150.260 and 28A.150.290. 95-09-042 (Order 95-02), § 392-169-060, filed 4/14/95, effective 5/15/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.600.390, 28A.150.260 and [28A.150.]290. 94-04-095 (Order 94-01), § 392-169-060, filed 2/1/94, effective 3/4/94.]